Re: NEWSWire/400 05.07.97

Dave (what are you doing, Dave?),

In a message dated 97-05-20 10:28:44 EDT, you write:

> Is this for real, BTW? The software developer is apparently called Hal. I 
>  thought IBM had a _big_ downer on that name since Arthur C. Clarke's 
>  eponymous computer threw a wobbly in 2001, and they thought it was
referring 
>  to them. Now we have IBM, Hal, and the year 2000 all coming together in
one 
>  confidence-inspiring infallible product. Is someone having a joke?

AFAIK, it's for real.  HAL prepares you for 2001 (he may have other
preparations with which you might not agree! :-)).  I have a customer that
actually named their AS/400 HAL via CHGNETA.  Anyone ever notice that AS/400
model numbers run in the 9000 series?  Anyone ever notice that one of the
list's biggest contributors is named Dave?  Coincidence? :-)

Regards!

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@AOL.COM

"The two hardest things to handle in life are failure and success." --
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